*Sure, you mean like this command: sudo su root
???* Luckily...that option will fail using sudo...and it will be logged that it was attempted. I see where you are going with this Scott and there is an option that will work to give you a root shell, but I don't want to advertise that. That unadvertised command...if issued...would also be logged and lists the userid of the person who used the command. So there is some trail to track back to the original user. Dave On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Scott Ribe <scott_r...@elevated-dev.com>wrote: > On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:01 AM, David Ondrejik wrote: > > > In Linux you can setup and use the "sudo" option. For those whom you > don't wish to have root access, simply make them sudousers, then change the > root password. This will force those users to simply type "sudo" (w/o > quotes) at the beginning of each command they want to run (i.e. sudo psql > db_name "insert into...."). > > Sure, you mean like this command: > > sudo su root > > ??? > > -- > Scott Ribe > scott_r...@elevated-dev.com > http://www.elevated-dev.com/ > (303) 722-0567 voice > > > > > -- Dave Ondrejik - Senior Hydrologist National Weather Service Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center 328 Innovation Blvd, Suite #330 State College, PA 16870 (814) 231-2403 david.ondre...@noaa.gov See us on the web at: http://www.weather.gov/marfc